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Pirelli & C Investor Presentation 2018

Aug 7, 2018

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1H 2018 RESULTS

DISCLAIMER_

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Non-IFRS and Other Performance Measures

This Presentation contains certain items as part of the financial disclosure which are not defined under IFRS. Accordingly, these items do not have standardized meanings and may not be directly comparable to similarly-titled items adopted by other entities.

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Pirelli management has identified a number of "Alternative Performance Indicators" ("APIs"). These APIs (i) are derived from historical results of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. and are not intended to be indicative of future performance, (ii) are non-IFRS financial measures and, although derived from the Financial Statements, are unaudited and (iii) are not an alternative to financial measures prepared in accordance with IFRS.

The APIs presented herein are [EBIT, EBIT margin, EBITDA, EBITDA margin, net income and net income margin.

In addition, this Presentation includes certain measures that have been adjusted by us to present operating and financial performance net of any non-recurring events and non-core events. The adjusted indicators are EBITDA adjusted, EBITDA adjusted without start up costs, EBIT, EBIT adjusted, EBIT adjusted without start up costs,, net income adjusted.

In order to facilitate the understanding of our financial position and financial performance, this Presentation contains other performance measures, such as Fixed Assets related to continuing operations, Provisions, Operating Working Capital related to continuing operations, Net Working Capital related to continuing operations, Net Financial (liquidity) / debt Position.

These measures are not indicative of our historical operating results, nor are they meant to be predictive of future results.

These measures are used by our management to monitor the underlying performance of our business and operations. Similarly entitled non-IFRS financial measures reported by other companies may not be calculated in an identical manner, consequently our measures may not be consistent with similar measures used by other companies. Therefore, investors should not place undue reliance on this data.

KEY MESSAGES_

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1H'18 RESULTS: PIRELLI'S HIGH VALUE BUSINESS MODEL PROVES VERY RESILIENT IN VOLATILE ENVIRONMENT

  • ▬ High Value Market (HVM) growing faster than expected
  • ▬ Pirelli gaining Market Share in HVM, thanks to very effective homologation pull-through
  • ▬ Pirelli best-in-class in Price/Mix improvement, leading to solid EBIT margin expansion

INTENSIFYING AND ACCELERATING HIGH VALUE PROGRAMS

  • ▬ Major High Value tyre homologation programs launched in China, Japan and Korea with local OEMs
  • ▬ Focused product development innovation in Specialties
  • ▬ Adjusting local High Value Capacity to future regional demand opportunities (e.g. strong High Value growth in Europe and in China) as well as to increasing tariff dynamics
  • ▬ New integrated organization speeding up digital transformation programs

> FY'18 OUTLOOK

  • ▬ Our Value drivers (Price/Mix and HV volume growth) are keeping the pace in line with our guidance
  • ▬ Top line organic growth expected to be at 7% due to the accelerating reduction on Standard
  • ▬ Profitability and Cash Flow confirmed and supported by higher price/mix contribution and lower cost impact.

1H'18 RESULTS HIGHLIGHTS & FY'18 OUTLOOK

1H'18 RESULTS IN DETAIL

APPENDIX

1H 2018 RESULTS

PIRELLI, GLOBAL HIGH VALUE

1H 2018 RESULTS HIGHLIGHTS_

€ million

NET INCOME before discontinued operations NET FINANCIAL POSITION

1H 2018 PERFORMANCE BY HIGH VALUE REGIONS_

1. Before amortization of PPA, non-recurring items, restructuring costs and other adjustments; 2. Standard & others (including Controlled Distribution & Other)

PIRELLI, GLOBAL HIGH VALUE

1H 2018 PERFORMANCE BY STANDARD REGIONS_

1. Before amortization of PPA, non-recurring items, restructuring costs and other adjustments; 2. Standard & others (including Controlled Distribution & Other)

PIRELLI, GLOBAL HIGH VALUE

OUR 3 PILLARS STRATEGY IS IN PROGRESS_

1H 2018 achievements

I PILLAR 1:
HIGH VALUE

More than 200 High Value homologations, enriching our portfolio that now accounts 2,350
homologations, o/w 88% High Value

+1.5 million High Value capacity (Europe, NAFTA and LatAm) reaching 58% of total capacity

With Europe representing 46% of total High Value sales volume but 60% of global High Value production,
started new program to create higher local HV in China

Increasing last mile demand coverage: 55% of our sales in 1H made through Car Dealer, Pirelli Retail,
and Tier 1 clients (51% in FY 2017)
II
PILLAR 2:
TRANSFORMATION
PROGRAMS

Integrated Forecasting: Increasing adoption of Big Data tools for medium term Demand & Supply
Planning

Smart Manufacturing and Flexible Factory:
development of digital apps to monitor and improve
processes and lead-time

Prestige: successful prototyping of new geo-localized sales force tool

Supply Chain: increase service level starting from Prestige and key clients
III
PILLAR 3:
STANDARD
CAPACITY
REDUCTION
Acceleration in Standard reduction: -2 million tyres Standard capacity (-6% vs. 2017 year end)

~60% of the reduction in LatAm, the remaining 40% in Europe and MEAI

~30% of the reduction is actually a conversion into High Value capacity

OUR COMPETITIVE EDGE BOOSTED BY AN ENHANCED HOMOLOGATION PORTFOLIO_

MARKED TYRES HOMOLOGATIONS

1H18 HOMOLOGATIONS ≥18" HIGHLIGHTS

APAC ON-GOING PROJECTS

Working with 19 local OEMs on ≥18" and E-vehicles

≥18" OUTGROWING THE STANDARD SEGMENT 10x

O.E. + REPLACEMENT ≥18" TYRE MARKET

million tyres

Standard segment: market lagging mainly due to South America and MEAI

Source: Company elaborations based on third party data relative to car market and on data provided by local associations of tyre producers; 2016 A market figures restated

FY 2018 OUTLOOK UPDATE_

2017A 2018E
(7 Aug. 2018)

million
Revenues
High Value weight
5,352
58%
~€
5.4 bln
>60%
(from ≥60%)

Volumes: flat (vs. +2% ÷
+2.5 May guid.)

High Value Volumes: ≥+13% (confirmed)

Standard volumes: ~-9% (-6% ÷
-5% May guid.)

Price/Mix: +6.5% ÷
+7.5% (confirmed)

FX: -6% ÷
-5% (-5% ÷
-4.5% May guid.)

IFRS
152
: -0.6% (confirmed)
Adjusted EBIT w/o start-up1
High Value weight
Start-up costs
927
~83%
50
>€
1.0 bln
confirmed
>83%
(from ≥83%)
~40
confirmed
Top line impact (Standard Volume and FX) offset by:

Higher P/Mix drop through (68%, ~+€15 mln
vs. May guid.)

Lower raw mat. headwind (from -€77 to -€60 mln)

Cost reduction & Brazil recovery plan
(~€20 mln)
Adjusted EBIT 876 ~€
1.0 bln
confirmed
Net financial position / Adjusted
EBITDA w/o start-up costs
2.7X ~2.3X
confirmed
CapEx 489 ~ €
460 mln
confirmed

1 Before amortization of PPA, non-recurring items, restructuring costs, other adjustments and start-up costs; 2. In accordance with IFRS 15 (starting from January 1st, 2018), some costs for variable considerations paid or payable to indirect customers and mainly linked to achieving sale targets are recognized as a reduction of revenues

1H'18 RESULTS HIGHLIGHTS & FY'18 OUTLOOK

1H'18 RESULTS IN DETAIL

APPENDIX

PIRELLI, GLOBAL HIGH VALUE

1H 2018 RESULTS

1H 2018 NET SALES BRIDGE_

€ million

1. In accordance with IFRS 15 (from January 1st, 2018), some costs for variable considerations paid or payable to indirect customers and mainly linked to achieving sales targets are recognized as a reduction of revenues

o/w organic

1H / 2Q 2018 OPERATING PERFORMANCE_

1H 2018 NET INCOME BRIDGE_

1. Mainly related to gains from re-pricing of unsecured facilities

1H 2018 CASH FLOW AND NET FINANCIAL POSITION_

€ million

CURRENT CAPITAL STRUCTURE (JUNE 2018)_

€ million

1H'18 RESULTS HIGHLIGHTS & FY'18 OUTLOOK

1H'18 RESULTS IN DETAIL

APPENDIX

PIRELLI, GLOBAL HIGH VALUE

1H 2018 RESULTS

1H / 2Q 2018 RESULTS HIGHLIGHTS_

€ million

2Q'17 2Q'18 Δ YoY 1H'17 1H'18 Δ YoY 2Q Highlights
Revenues 1,346.0 1,320.0 -1.9% 2,685.3 2,630.3 -2.0% Sound organic growth on the back of:
Organic Growth1 +5.3% +5.5%
Strong High Value volumes (+13.4%), with
High Value Revenues 786.9 849.9 +8.0% 1,562.3 1,683.7 +7.8% market share increase in Car ≥18", and
strong demand for Specialties
Organic Growth1 +11.8% +12.7%
Reduction of the exposure to Standard
% on total Revenues 58.5% 64.4% +5.9 pp 58.2% 64.0% +5.8 pp (volumes -12.1%), in a context of market
slowdown, especially in LatAm after the
EBITDA adjusted w/o start-up costs2 285.1 310.3 +8.8% 566.8 608.3 +7.3% Truckers' strike
Margin 21.2% 23.5% +2.3 pp 21.1% 23.1% +2.0 pp
Solid price/mix (+6.2%)
EBITDA adjusted3 276.0 299.8 +8.6% 546.4 587.9 +7.6%
Negative FX (-6.6%) in a context of volatile
emerging markets currencies
Margin 20.5% 22.7% +2.2 pp 20.3% 22.4% +2.1 pp
EBIT adjusted w/o start-up costs2 223.5 243.9 +9.1% 443.0 473.3 +6.8%
Margin 16.6% 18.5% +1.9 pp 16.5% 18.0% +1.5 pp
EBIT adjusted3 211.2 231.7 +9.7% 416.2 450.1 +8.1%
EBIT adj. improvement due to internal levers

EBIT margin adj. w/o start-up at 18.5%
Margin 15.7% 17.6% +1.9 pp 15.5% 17.1% +1.6 pp (+1.9pp YoY)
EBIT 149.5 193.7 +29.6% 318.2 377.7 +18.7%
Margin 11.1% 14.7% +3.6 pp 11.8% 14.4% +2.6 pp
Results from Equity Investments (9.8) (5.3) (12.9) (4.5)
Financial Income / (Charges) (149.4) (62.8) (226.4) (118.0)
EBT (9.7) 125.6 78.9 255.2
Lower financial charges thanks to a lower
cost of debt
Tax Rate n.m. 28.7% 14.3% 28.7%
Tax rate in line with FY'18 targets
Net Income before disc. operations 18.1 89.5 67.6 181.9
Net Income adjusted before disc. operations 83.3 119.3 159.0 232.6

1. Excl. FX / perimeter; 2. Before non-recurring items, restructuring costs, other adjustments and start-up costs; 3. Before amortization of PPA, non-recurring items , restructuring costs, other adjustments

1H PIRELLI BALANCE SHEET_

€ million

30/06/20171 31/12/2017 30/06/2018
Fixed assets related to continuing operations 9,132 9,121 8,881
Inventories 937 941 983
Trade
receivables
968 653 864
Trade payables (1,140) (1,674) (1,052)
Operating
net working capital related to continuing
operations
766 (80) 796
Other receivables
/ payables
190 (42) 113
Net Working Capital related to continuing operations 956 (123) 909
Net invested capital held for sale n.a. 61 39
Total net invested capital 10,087 9,059 9,829
Equity 4,057 4,177 4,323
Provisions 1,853 1,664 1,589
Net Financial Position 4,177 3,219 3,917
Total financing and shareholders' equity 10,087 9,059 9,829
Attributable net equity 4,000 4,117 4,243

1. Carve-out figures

1H PIRELLI GROUP CASH FLOW_

€ million

1H'17
(carve-out)
1Q'18 2Q'18 1H'18
EBIT adjusted1 416 218 232 450
Depreciation & Amortization (excl. PPA
amortization)
130 70 68 138
Capital expenditures (216) (85) (94) (179)
Change
in working capital / other
(768) (929) (69) (998)
Operating
Cash Flow
(438) (726) 137 (589)
Financial income / (expenses) (226) (55) (63) (118)
Taxes paid (52) (31) (36) (67)
Financial investments (2) - - -
Financial
asset disposals
- 155 - 155
shares2
Purchase of Pneuac
- (19) - (19)
Cash-out for non
recurring items and restructuring costs
(17) (38) (12) (50)
Minorities (6) - - -
Exchange rates difference / other (16) (12) 6 (5)
Net cash flow before
extraordinary operations
(757) (726) 33 (693)
Industrial
reorganization
352 5 (10) (5)
Capital Increase 1,189 - - -
Net cash flow 784 (720) 22 (698)

1. Before amortization of PPA, non-recurring items, restructuring costs and other adjustments; 2. 2 nd tranche for the acquisition of 36% stake in Pneuac in September 2017 to reach 100% of the company

2018E RAW MATERIAL GUIDANCE_

2018E FOREX GUIDANCE_

€ million

KEY CAR MARKET TRENDS: EUROPE_

Source: Pirelli tyre market estimates based on main data provider for the Region; historical market data may be subject to restatement

KEY CAR MARKET TRENDS: NAFTA_

Source: Pirelli tyre market estimates based on main data provider for the Region; historical market data may be subject to restatement; 1. NAFTA Replacement includes imports

KEY CAR MARKET TRENDS: APAC_

Source: Pirelli tyre market estimates based on main data provider for the Region; historical market data may be subject to restatement

KEY MARKET TRENDS: RUSSIA & CIS AND SOUTH AMERICA_

Source: Pirelli tyre market estimates based on main data provider for the Region; historical market data may be subject to restatement; 1. South America Replacement restated to include Brazilian imports

RAW MATERIAL COSTS TREND AND MIX_

MAIN RAW MATERIALS PRICE TREND

1H 2018 MIX (BASED ON PURCHASING COST)

PIRELLI MANUFACTURING FOOTPRINT AS OF JUNE 30TH 2018